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Foundation Strategy

Embracing an Ecosystem Approach for Philanthropy

Funders are shifting from being at the center of social change efforts to working in close partnership with the…

Corporate/CSR

Flying through Interference

We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…

Collective Impact
Collective Impact, Metaphorically Speaking
May 28, 2012
Valerie Bockstette
FSGers have been traveling the world talking about collective impact with various audiences. When we speak about the fact that isolated impact – while well int…
Collective Impact Education & Youth
Making Shared Measurement Work
May 23, 2012
Nathalie Jones
I have been excited to hear about many of the collective impact initiatives going on across the country and around the world as a way to address complex social…
Collective Impact Education & Youth U.S. Health
Signs of System Change
May 21, 2012
Erin White
Society is beginning to recognize that the problems we face- hunger, homelessness, poverty, disease- are systemic in nature. These problems involve a group of …
What are in YOUR baskets?
May 20, 2012
Patty Russell
“That’s my third basket,” I said to a friend, smiling, as I sat through a presentation at Seattle City Year's “Ripples of Hope” fundraiser last week. Then I ra…
Shared Pizza, Shared Value
May 15, 2012
Chile Hidalgo
The night before a major meeting with our client’s executive team in Santiago, Chile a few weeks ago, I was scarfing down dinner at a pizza joint while discuss…
Education & Youth
The School of the Future
May 9, 2012
Jeff Kutash
Helping the Kid with the Giant Hands LearnMy two oldest kids started kindergarten this year and my third is in pre-school. So while I’ve worked in public educa…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
Shifting the Evaluation Paradigm
May 7, 2012
Mark Kramer
In philanthropy, evaluation is often used to test a specific theory of change: to see whether a grant-funded intervention has had the desired effect. But there…
Corporate/CSR
(Moving) The Elephant in the Room
May 2, 2012
Valerie Bockstette
For the third year in a row I’ve just had the privilege of spending two days in the Czech Republic to talk to and learn from companies implementing shared valu…
Education & Youth
Investing in Leadership Is Mission Critical in an Era of Scarcity
April 30, 2012
Mario Morino
Based on my work over the past two decades in the social sector—and especially my past 12 years of working with Venture Philanthropy Partners—I have a perspect…
Creating Shared Success at Verizon
April 30, 2012
Matt Duffy
Last month Verizon released its 2011 Annual Report. Amidst this integrated report of financial and corporate responsibility is found the launch of Verizon’s “S…

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